Car-coupling



URTO GAR COUPLING.

No. 476,784. Patented June 14,1892.

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JOHN M. BURTON, OF WIOHITA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO HIMSELF, AND GEORGE D. BURTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,784, dated June 14, 1892. Application filed February 14, 1891. Serial No. 381,492. on model.)

To all whom it may concern: means of a pin or pins O C', the rear face of Be it known that I, JOHN M. BURTON, a citisaid point being of the proper shape to coinzen of the United States of America, residing cide with the front end of the draw-head a at \Vichita, in the county of Sedgwick and and provided witharearwardly-projectinglug 55 State of Kansas, have invented certain new P, adapted to enter the recessRof saiddrawand useful Improvements in Oar-Couplers, of head and provided with a perforation e, which which the following is a specification, referregisters with the pinhole in the draw-head ence being therein had to the accompanying when the point is in the position shown in drawings, and theletters of reference thereon, Figs. 1 and 5, and is locked therein by means 60 forming a part of this specification. of the pin I. The shank c" of the point a The object of this invention is to provide a is flattened upon opposite sides, as at o o, car-couplingthatis equallysuitable forfreight (see Figs. 4 and 5,) which flattened sides are or passenger service, that is adapted to be adapted to be engaged by the free end of a coupled to a like coupling, to the ordinary flat leaf-spring s, pivoted to the side of the 65 I5 link-and-pin coupling, or to any of the standdraw-bar, which is provided with an elonard twin-jaw coup1ingssuch,for instance, as gated recess m, which receives the end of said those of the Janney and Miller type-and spring when it is pressed back by the shank that shall be cheap and durable in construccl. Then the point a is swung to its position and simple in operation. tion in front of the draw-head or to the side 7'1 Figure 1 represents a top plan view showthereof, the free end of said spring will bear ing this improved coupling coupled with a against one of the flattened sides of the shank pointed hooked coupling of an ordinary and d" and serve to hold said point in place and well-known type. Fig. 2 represents a similar prevent any oscillation or rattling of the same. View showing the coupling coupled with a The said shank may, if desired, be flattened 75 coupling of the Janney or Miller type. Fig. only upon one side, as o, for when the point 3 represents a side elevation showing the has been swung to the position shownin Figs. coupling coupled with an ordinary linkand- 1 and 5 and locked by the pins P the pointa pin coupling. Fig. arepresents a perspective will then be firmly locked in position. view of the coupling, showing the swinging The operation of my coupling will be read- 80 point thrown to one side; and Fig. 5 repreiiy understood from the foregoing description.

sents a horizontal section showing the point In Fig. 1 I have shown it coupled with an orlocked in position in front of the hooked drawdinary form of hooked coupling. WVhen used head. with this form of coupling, the point a is Referring to the drawings, the letter A inswung around in front of the forward end of 85 dicates the draw-bar, which is provided atits the draw-head a and looked, as described. forward end with ahook-shaped draw-head a, The two pointed portions of the hookcoup the hooked portionbeingindicated byd. The lings coming in contact yield until the two front end of the hooked draw-head a is rehooks overlap, when they automatically coucessed, as at R, and provided with a pinhole ple in the ordinary well-known manner. 90 passing vertically through the, recessed por- In Fig. 2 I have shown my coupling coupled tion of the draw-head and adapted to receive with the well-known coupling of the Janney apin P, for the purposeshereinafterdescribed. or Miller type, and wherein the dotted lines In practice the hooked draw-head ais formed represent the position in which the pivoted integral with the draw-bar D. The drawlocking-hooks are set before bringingthe coup- 5 head at the side opposite to the hooked porliugs together. The point a of the coupling tion (Z and slightly in rear thereof is provided is first swung back to the side of the drawbar, with two perforated ears d d. The swinging as shown in Figs. 2 and 4., Where it is held by point a'is provided with an oppositely-beveled the spring 3, as before described, and the two front portion and at its rear withaverticallycouplings brought together, when the hooked I00 perforated shank d, which is embraced by portion d of the draw-head a engages the inthe ears d d and pivotallysecured therein by nor pivoted locking-hook and forces it back constructed according to my invention are to be coupled together the points a, willoe swung in front of the draw-head a and locked by the pins P and coupled together in like manner to the coupling shown in Fig. 1. It will also be obvious that should it be desired to couple my improved coupling with a hooked coupling in which the hooks occur upon the same side the coupling may be reversed or turned over, so as to bring the hooks in the proper position for effecting the coupling.

I claim 1. In a car-coupling, the combination of the draw-bar provided with a hooked draw-head,

a swinging point pivoted to said draw-head and adapted to be swung in front thereof to form a pointed hooked coupling or to one side thereof to permit the coupling of said drawhead with a twin-jaw coupling, and means for holding said swinging point in either position, substantially as described.

2. In 'a car-coupling, the combination of the draw-bar provided with a hooked draw-head recessed in its front end and having a pinhole and pin, and a swinging point pivoted to said draw-head and adapted to be swung in front thereof to form a pointed hooked coupling or to one side thereof to permit the coupling of said draw-head with a link, substantially as described.

8. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw-bar, a hooked draw-head provided with a recess in its front end and a vertical pin passing through said recess, perforated lugs opposite the hooked portion of the draw-head, a swinging point provided with a Verticallyarranged and flattened shank pivotally secured between said lugs and a perforated lug adapted to enter the recess in the draw-head and be held therein by the said pin, and the flat spring for yieldingly holding the point when turned in either position, substantially as described.

4. In a car-coupling, the combination of the draw-bar, the draw-head, the pivoted swinging point provided with the verticallypivoted shank flattened at its sides, and the flat spring fixed to the draw-bar and yieldingly bearing against said pivoted shank, substantially as described.

5. In a car-coupling, the combination of the draw-bar, the draw-head provided at its front end with a recess and the vertical pin-hole,

' and the pivoted swinging point provided with the perforated lug adapted to enter said recess and be secured therein by means of a pm, substantially as described.

. JOHN M. BURTON. Witnesses:

WM. J. HUTCHINS, M. A. MCCLELLAN. 

